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CHAPTER 2
Professional Standards
Review Questions
2-1 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 created the PCAOB and gave this body authority to develop
auditing standards for the audits of public companies. The AICPA has the authority, based on general
acceptance (and adoption by state boards of accountancy and other regulatory bodies), to develop
auditing standards for audits of nonpublic companies.
2-2 Generally accepted accounting principles are accounting principles which have substantial
authoritative support, such as approval by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board or the
Financial Accounting Standards Board. These standards provide the criteria (financial reporting
framework) for financial reporting, including the nature and content of financial statements.
Generally accepted auditing standards are those issued by the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board
(ASB). GAAS are the standards for the auditor’s work in fulfilling the overall objectives of a
financial statement audit. GAAS address the general responsibilities of the auditor, as well as the
auditor’s further considerations relevant to the application of those responsibilities.
2-3 A financial reporting framework is a set of criteria used to determine measurement, recognition,
representation, and disclosure of all material items appearing in the financial statements; for example
United States GAAP or IFRS. It is important to an audit because it is through consideration of that
framework on which the auditor basis his or her opinion on the financial statements.
2-4 Generally accepted auditing standards are the Statements on Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Standards Board.
2-5 In the context of the audit of financial statements, professional skepticism includes maintaining a
questioning mind, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement due to fraud or
error, and a critical assessment of audit evidence. Throughout the audit the auditors should be alert
for: (1) audit evidence that contradicts other audit evidence, (2) information that raises a question
about the reliability of documents and responses to inquiries, (3) conditions indicating possible fraud,
and (4) circumstances suggesting the need for additional audit procedures beyond those ordinarily
required.
2-7 The first sentence of the quotation is correct. The completion of an audit of financial statements by a
CPA following generally accepted auditing standards and satisfying the CPA provides the basis for
expression of an unmodified opinion on the fairness of financial statements.
The second sentence of the quotation is in error. Auditors never express an opinion (either
qualified or unmodified) on the fairness of financial statements without first performing an audit. The
audit provides the basis for the expression of an opinion. Such factors as audits made in prior years,
confidence in management, and a "quick review" of the current year's financial statements are not an
acceptable substitute for appropriate audit procedures.
2-8 The management of Pike Company is primarily responsible for the fairness of the company's financial
statements. The retention of certified public accountants to perform an audit and express an opinion
on the statements does not relieve management of its obligation to give an honest and complete
accounting of its conduct of corporate affairs.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of ABC Company (the "Company") as of
December 31, 20X7 and 20X6, the related statements of income, comprehensive income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 20X7, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our
opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
the Company as of December 31, 20X7 and 20X6, and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 20X7, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We also have audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 20X7, based on Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by
the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and our report
dated February 12, 20X8, and our report expressed an unqualified opinion.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits.
We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent
with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits
included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
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